--- title: So they set out for the gate by which they had entered, and as soon… — The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient · tree and pragmatics description: So they set out for the gate by which they had entered, and as soon as they had passed through this the first of the three—he who had thought only of present enjoyment—was overcome by the change of air. Who acts: things, first, change, air. A sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/96/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [tales](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/) / [The Jade Story Book; Stories from the…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/) / [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/) / 96 # The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient, Opening, part 26, sentence 96 So they set out for the gate by which they had entered, and as soon as they had passed through this the first of the three—he who had thought only of present enjoyment—was overcome by the change of air. **Who acts:** things, first, change, air · **What happens:** set out, enter, pass, think, overcome, change · **To what, where:** things, this This is a sentence of «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Opening, part 26. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (things, first, change, air), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree. **Mova's own parse.** This tree may be wrong. ## The tree {#tree} ```conllu # sent_id = book:pg65965:26:97 # text = So they set out for the gate by which they had entered, and as soon as they had passed through this the first of the three—he who had thought only of present enjoyment—was overcome by the change of air. 1 So so ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 2 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 set set VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 out out ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 by by ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 12 obl _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 entered enter VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 7 acl:relcl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 20 punct _ _ 14 and and CCONJ CC _ 20 cc _ _ 15 as as ADV RB _ 16 advmod _ _ 16 soon soon ADV RB Degree=Pos 20 advmod _ _ 17 as as SCONJ IN _ 20 mark _ _ 18 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 20 nsubj:pass _ _ 19 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 20 aux _ _ 20 passed pass VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 conj _ _ 21 through through ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 22 this this PRON DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 20 obl _ _ 23 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 24 det _ _ 24 first first NOUN NN Number=Sing|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 20 obj _ _ 25 of of ADP IN _ 27 case _ _ 26 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 27 det _ _ 27 three three NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 24 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 28 — - PUNCT : _ 32 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 29 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 32 nsubj _ _ 30 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 32 nsubj _ _ 31 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 32 aux _ _ 32 thought think VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 parataxis _ _ 33 only only ADV RB _ 36 advmod _ _ 34 of of ADP IN _ 36 case _ _ 35 present present ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 36 amod _ _ 36 enjoyment enjoyment NOUN NN Number=Sing 32 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 37 — - PUNCT , _ 39 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 38 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 39 aux:pass _ _ 39 overcome overcome VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 32 conj _ _ 40 by by ADP IN _ 42 case _ _ 41 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 42 det _ _ 42 change change NOUN NN Number=Sing 39 obl _ _ 43 of of ADP IN _ 44 case _ _ 44 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 42 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 45 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` ## Pragmatics {#pragmatics} | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **set out** | past | things *= thing* | | | | | for the gate | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **enter** | past · perfect | things *= thing* | | | | | by the gate | vn escape-51.1-1-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **pass** | past · perfect · passive | | things *= thing* | | this | | the first of the three *obj*; soon *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Recipient first=Theme | | 4 | **think** *speech: other* | past · perfect | first | | | | | of present enjoyment; who *nsubj* | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 5 | **overcome** | past · passive | the change of air | | | | | | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | | 6 | **change** | | air | | | | | | nom change «event intransitive»: of=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. **Text:** «The Jade Story Book; Stories from the Orient» by Penrhyn Wingfield Coussens, Project Gutenberg book 65965 (public domain in the USA). **Tree:** Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), the chapter read in order. - ← previous: [sentence 95](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/95/) - next →: [sentence 97](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/97/) - ↑ back to [Opening, part 26](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/tales/pg65965/26/)